Police in Somerset are continuing to drive a model of vehicle which caught fire and exploded due to a “mechanical fault”.

On Thursday, July 13, a BMW 530D went up in flames on the A38 near Exeter, Devon.

Motorists passing by captured the blaze on film, while a BBC cameramen even witnessed the moment that the vehicle exploded.

Pictures taken after the fire show a police car reduced to an unrecognisable burnt out shell.

BELOW: Footage shows police car explosion in Devon.

Devon and Cornwall Police told our sister publication, Devon Live , that the force would “look very carefully” into the cause of the sudden fireball but would not recall its other BMW 530D police cars.